Sanderson Smith's Writings

1.
WHAT IS MATHEMATICS?

2.
THE MATHEMATICIAN LEWIS CARROLL

3.
THE INCONCEIVABLE INN

4.
BATTLE HYMN OF MATHEMATICS LEARNERS

5.
VOTING PROCESS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

6.
STATISTICAL ERRORS (TYPE I, TYPE II, POWER)

7.
BASEBALL: WHEN YOU CAN WIN BY LOSING

8.
A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR HERKIMER

9.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT STATISTICS EXAM

10.
SIMPSON'S PARADOX: A SIMPLE EXAMPLE

11.
CONSTRUCTING BAR CHARTS WITH EXCEL 98

12.
DECCO: A CALIFORNIA LOTTERY GAME

13.
FEAR OF THE NUMBER 13

14.
MATH COMMUNICATION: A NOTE TO SECOND-YEAR ALGEBRA STUDENTS

15.
KENO... A MONEY-MAKING GAME FOR THE CASINO

16.
FRENCH MATHEMATICIANS

17.
CRAPS... A CASINO GAME OF PURE CHANCE

18.
ROULETTE... A FUN CASINO GAME, BUT YOU WON'T GET RICH PLAYING IT

19.
GAMBLING WITH DICE: A BEGINNING!

20.
FLIPPING A COIN (# HEADS VS. # TAILS)

21.
20-SPOT KENO...LOOKS ENTICING

22.
DOUBLE UP...CASINO GAME CONSTRUCTED BY BETH, JAMAH, AND BILLY

23.
TWO DICE LUBER...CASINO GAME CONSTRUCTED BY BRAD, EMILY, ANNE, AND AARON

24.
RED DI...CASINO GAME CONSTRUCTED BY VIRGINIA, ETHAN, AND ALEXA

25.
PROPERTIES OF VARIANCES & MEANS FOR TWO INDEPENDENT RANDOM VARIABLES

26.
BAYES' THEOREM...A SIMPLE EXAMPLE

27.
TENNIS DILEMMA...A CUTE PROBABILITY PROBLEM

28.
SPADES...A STUDENT-INVENTED CASINO CARD GAME

29.
THREE-DICE GAME...A STUDENT-INVENTED CASINO GAME.

30.
THE BINOMIAL SETTING

31.
GEOMETRIC SETTING EXAMPLE

32.
COIN FLIPPING: A BINOMIAL EXPERIENCE

33.
AVERAGES CAN BE MISLEADING (MINI-PROJECT BY AARON)

34.
THE MULTIPLICATION PRINCIPLE (MINI-PROJECT BY BETH)

35.
EXAMPLE OF SIMPSON'S PARADOX (MINI-PROJECT BY EMILY)

36.
POLLS AND BIAS (MINI-PROJECT BY ETHAN)

37.
BINOMIAL VS. NORMAL...A NOTE TO STUDENTS

38.
NOTES ON INFERENCE: A NOTE TO STUDENTS

39.
THE BINOMIAL SETTING (MINI-PROJECT BY ANNE)

40.
THE GEOMETRIC SETTING (MINI-PROJECT BY BRAD)

41.
EXAMPLE OF BIASED POLL (MINI-PROJECT BY BILLY)

42.
THE CREDIT CARD TRAP

43.
STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE (A NOTE TO STUDENTS)

44.
CARELESS USE OF STATISTICS: AN EXAMPLE

45.
INFERENCE FOR SLOPE OF REGRESSION LINE AND READING COMPUTER PRINTOUTS

46.
KEY STATISTICAL WORDS AND PHRASES

47.
NOTE TO ALGEBRA II STUDENTS ON SYSTEMS

48.
AP STAT THOUGHTS (JUST BEFORE AP EXAM)

49.
A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CALIFORNIA'S SUPER LOTTO PLUS

50.
COMMON STUDENT MISTAKES ON THE 2000 AP STATISTICS EXAM (REPORT BY DIANN RESNICK)

51.
UNBIASED ESTIMATORS

52.
MATH POWER USED IN FICTIONAL DISCRIMINATION SITUATION

53.
SOPHISTICATED PROBABILITY WITH SIMPLE DICE GAME

54.
VARIANCES AND MEANS CAN ADD (BUT STANDARD DEVIATIONS CAN'T)

55.
QUESTIONS RELATED TO SAMPLING FROM A 35% YES POPULATION

56.
SAMPLE SIZE NEEDED FOR SPECIFIED MARGIN OF ERROR

57.
SOMETIMES A CONFIDENCE INTERVAL MAKES NO SENSE

58.
TALK DELIVERED AT BEVO FRANCIS INVITATIONAL, UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE, NOV. 18, 2000

59.
RUDOLPH THE STATISTICIAN (A CHRISTMAS SONG)

60.
COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS: A FINANCIAL EXAMPLE

61.
CONCEPT OF INVERSE FUNCTION AND FINANCE

62.
INVERSE FUNCTIONS AND FINANCE

63.
A FEW WORDS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE (A PROBABILITY PROBLEM)

64.
NOTES RELATING TO BASIC TRIGONOMETRY

65.
THOUGHTS ON FRIENDSHIP (ELEANOR ROOSEVELT)

66.
MATCHED PAIRS T PROCEDURE (2001 AP STATISTICS EXAM, #5)

67.
PROBLEM INVOLVING OUTLIERS (2001 AP STATISTICS EXAM, #1)

68.
INFERENCE ON SLOPE OF REGRESSION LINE (2001 AP STATISTICS EXAM, #6)

69.
COMMON STUDENT MISTAKES ON 2001 AP STATISTICS EXAM (PREPARED BY DIANN RESNICK)

70.
THE ALGEBRA OF LOANS

71.
AN INTERESTING PRIME NUMBER PROBLEM

72.
HYPOTHESIS TESTING EXAMPLES USING NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

73.
HYPOTHESIS TESTING (PROPORTIONS)

74.
FOUR HYPOTHESIS TESTING SITUATIONS

75.
QUESTION FROM PARENT INVOLVING SUPERLOTTO PLUS

76.
CHRISTMAS SEASON PUZZLE

77.
DEGREES OF FREEDOM (INFORMAL PRESENTATION)

78.
INFERENCE EXAMPLE USING t DISTRIBUTION (ONE-SAMPLE PROCEDURE)

79.
MATCHED PAIRS t PROCEDURE (AN EXAMPLE)

80.
PROBABILITY AND BRIDGE...VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE

81.
POKER PROBABILITIES (FIVE CARD HANDS)

82.
PROBABILITY PROBLEM (A REAL SITUATION)

83.
COMMON MISTAKES ON THE 2002 AP STATISTICS EXAMINATION (PREPARED BY DIANN RESNICK)

84.
STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE : NON-AP STUDENTS

85.
SHORTER SERIES FAVORS WEAKER TEAMS

86.
NUMBER PUZZLE SENT BY PARENT (MATH POWER SOLVES IT)

87.
Z-SCORES: WHAT ARE THEY?

88.
MONEY A STUDENT OWES ME

   


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